Stories from Saturday, September 8, 2007

By Jason E. Silvers Herald-Tribune UNIONTOWN, Kan -- In response to a recent bill enacted this year by the Kansas Legislature, the USD 235 Board of Education will take a closer look on Monday at developing a policy concerning bullying. During the most recent legislative session, the Kansas House Committee on Education approved HB 2310-2, substitute legislation that is part of Senate Bill 68, a larger bill dealing with procedures concerning school bullying passed by lawmakers and signed by Gov. ...

NEVADA, Mo. -- The growth of a relatively new Nevada institution is forcing another to move. Crowder College needs to move into the space the Children's Center branch now occupies. Juvenile Officer Jennifer Thomas said she was grateful for the use of the space while it lasted...

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three stories featuring speakers at the 2007 Kaysinger Business Conference "Pursuit of Profits" on Sept. 27 at the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts at Cottey College in Nevada, Mo. Look for the additional stories in upcoming editions of the Sunday Herald-Tribune...

FORT SCOTT, Kan.. -- Good Shepherd of Bourbon County, Inc., has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax exempt organization and is preparing to purchase of the old Gene's IGA at 301 S. Crawford St. so it can open a thrift store inside the building...

By Nancy Malcom Special to the Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- On Thursday the Vernon County Historical Society hosted the seventh annual Missouri History Day at the Bushwhacker Museum, the Nevada Community Center and the Old Jail. The event was open to all Vernon County fourth grade students and more than 200 attended...

By Tabatha Beerbower Herald-Tribune Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three stories featuring speakers at the 2007 Kaysinger Business Conference "Pursuit of Profits" on Sept. 27 at the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts at Cottey College in Nevada, Mo. Look for the additional stories in upcoming editions of the Sunday Herald-Tribune...

Helen T. Becket, 93, of Nevada, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Friends may call now until the hour of the service on Tuesday at Ferry Funeral Home...

NEVADA, Mo. -- Talk about being thunderstruck. Lightning struck Logan Field early and often during first-quarter action between Nevada High School and El Dorado Springs Friday night. The thunderbolts came in the guise of a trio of Nevada touchdowns during a torrid one-minute, 12-second stretch in the first quarter, as it jolted the Bulldogs 46-0 on NHS Hall of Fame Night...

OSWEGO, Kan. -- Will Sisson scored both of Jayhawk-Linn High School's touchdowns as the Jayhawks burst into the win column this season with a 12-0 shutout over Oswego in Three Rivers League action Friday night. Sisson scored on a five-yard run in the second quarter and a 44-yard punt return in the third. The Jayhawks, 1-0 in the TRL and 1-1 overall,  rushed for 195 yards as a team...

UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Riverton scored on the game's first possession and held on for a 7-0 victory over host Uniontown in a non-league football game Friday night. Brenton Cates' one-yard TD plunge early in the first period proved to be the only score in this game, one which settled into become a defensive battle on a rain-soaked field...

RICH HILL -- Rusty Thomas connected on a 33-yard field goal and also scored on touchdown runs (1 yard and 5 yards), leading Rich Hill to a 24-0 blanking of Wenworth on Friday night. With Rich Hill holding a comfortable 17-0 lead in the fourth quarter, Tyler Ryser returned an interception 24 yards for a touchdown to close the scoring...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School built a 21-0 lead on Kansas City-Wyandotte at Frary Field Friday night -- and the Tigers hadn't even run three offensive plays. The Tigers improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 63-8 manhandling of the Bulldogs after going up handily in the game's first six minutes. ...

September is the month that kicks off the hunting season and the fishing picks up. Outdoorsmen and women look forward to this month for many reasons. Dove hunters started the month off, along with the small number of rail and snipe hunters. Anglers know that as the water in the lakes starts to cool the fish will get more active. It's also a great time for football fans. September is also the month the sky can get filled with monarch butterflies...

This weekend's and next weekend's columns are somewhat of a foray into the world of two emotions, hate and love. Which. I wonder, is stronger? By the time I finish penning this mini-tome, I just might have the answer. Today's column will deal with hate, although I consider that a bit too strong of a word. I dislike a lot, but don't hate much because I'm not, by nature, a genetic hater. But we will use hate for the purpose of this column anyway...

By Gail Agee Nevada Speedway You won't want to miss the Season Championship races Saturday night at Nevada Speedway -- the biggest little racetrack in the country. The Pro 4s visited the speedway during the Labor Day special races. There's a new points leader in the Factory Stock division. Cody Elnicki gained the lead but Saturday's races will be the deciding factor...